The Ibanez SV5470 Prestige––no specs yet, but I’ll keep you up to date as more info becomes available…. you can check out the full page here.
Continue reading...30. July 2007
Moving right along with our ongoing NAMM 2007 coverage (I promise, this won’t last much longer,) Ibanez unveiled yet two more handsome additions to its Artcore line of hollowbody guitars this weekend––the semi-acoustic AS73B, and the Artcore Custom AS103BM. Both instruments feature the same basic double-cutaway design, sound block-mounted pickups (for increased sustain,) rosewood fingerboards, 22 [...]
Continue reading...30. July 2007
I’ve been a big fan of Ibanez’s low-cost Artcore Series of jazz boxes since they were first introduced in 2002, so I’m more than happy to see that the line is continuing to expand, and looking better all the time. Over the weekend, at Austin’s Summer NAMM 2007 show, Ibanez introduced this gorgeous new hollowbody archtop––the [...]
Continue reading...27. July 2007
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sure that if the Grinch banged heads the Ibanez RGR320EX would be his weapon of choice. Playing off the popularity of its truly classic RG series of shredders (heck, these guitars have been around for over 20 years,) Ibanez today announced the release of this dangerously green beasty––the [...]
Continue reading...27. July 2007
Moving right along with our NAMM 2007 coverage… Fender today unveiled another new addition to its recent run of Squier artist-branded guitars––the Squier Avril Lavigne Telecaster. The guitar boasts a number of unique Lavigne-inspired features, the most obvious being a distinctive checkerboard pickguard, 5th fret fingerboard inlay in the shape of Lavigne’s star logo, artist signature [...]
Continue reading...27. July 2007
Unlike my good friend IG, I absolutely love NAMM. I do––I love it like Christmas. Sure, it’s pretty much the definition of “commercial,” and my eye is known to linger upon instruments that could quite literally bankrupt me, but just like that gift-giving holiday that everyone loves to hate, NAMM gives me the kind of [...]
Continue reading...25. July 2007
More Pre-NAMM Goodness From Fender Well, we’re literally days away from the kick-off of this Summer’s NAMM 2007 show, and as usual I’ve donned my best cat-burglar outfit and spent the last few days digging around for whatever scraps I can gather for all you guitar freaks and gearheads. While there is yet to be an official [...]
Continue reading...25. July 2007
With Summer NAMM 2007 right around the corner it would seem prudent to build an index page for all the late-breaking guitar & gear announcements. Bookmark us now, and you’ll have quick and easy access to the latest NAMM info as it becomes available. Here’s to a great Summer Show! Pre-Show Announcements, Leaks & Other Fun Stuff Fender [...]
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4. January 2008
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